I was gonna put this in the Magatard plz thread with a snarky comment, but I think it goes better here.
These guys use these "interviews" as a way to pontificate. Both right and left politicians do it all the time, leading the witness with "gotcha" questions that, when not answered in the way they hope, end with bloviation and grand standing that is difficult and awkward to watch. But this isn't "Progressive Stupidty" consistent with the thread. Its political grandstanding.
I was referring to her when I posted this. She should have lol'd and shut him down but was instead, what, flabbergasted? That's progressive stupidity, or at least weakness.